Turbine.



E'. F. RATHKB. TUEBINE. APPLICATION PILBIS MAY1B.1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

'Uy M" FERDINND F. RTHKE, 05. CLAYTUIM, 'WISCONS'IL T'URBINE.

Application med 18, 1911. Soria! No. 627,937.

To all whom it 'ymzy concern:

Be il lknown t-l'inbfl, ,l1`nnommmn lf. RMHm-i, :L citizen of tholllntocl Stains, rvnlling at Clayton, in the. com'ilzy of Ilzuion unilllllolio of 'Wisconsin have, invented n noi' nml nella- .lnl .llu'bine,of which the following in :i specification.

My in millon relates to l'lub'ines :nlnpl'oll lo be (liiven by jels ofsloom, walter or signilzu agents sind, the object is to provide n,cheap, simple, du able and oasi ly reversible lun t'bine.

In tho nooongipnnyilig (ll'nwiligf-Fignro l 'is a sill@ elevation of myimproved lmbino with about onwlmlil" of tlio oylixnlni' oovor B und mostof the @ml covoi 2'? of tlm 'volw glieli broken away. Fig. is n top Viewof lll@ luiloino :unl 7olvo shown in llo. l. willi n {ly/wheel melde-:l:1nd lille oylindei: in Suction on the lino ama in '1. Fig, il 'lf-z nlol-till flaw oil 'bho volvo plug own ln Fig. l. lool-1- ing in thedirection of lili@ mi'ow Fig'. fl. niOclilo-Lllon of n, maillon of lllg.E?, on n, rofl: l ne il scolo.

@nils m'o c lonil lay oovms 2 :will 3, scoured luy fsciown al. .lfl'nelilas@ ol" llao oyllinflor :lol-mf; n, Sunpml lL, in wnlcli. lzlioi'ciff; o4 nzwily lji :u .flnplofl to newly@ llin Gxl'nmiltsloom 'fromLillo nylini: o1' and Qlii'mxl, il; out'tlnoingli un @finalist pipo 3.

Joui'ifmlod Connolly in tlm movers l- :l Slml EL which Inny limo nomnbinod lly- 'wllool nfncl. pulley Ill) i'ozr `@lilo urn nl linq o-1o loil. such wlioels. 'loom'el on lll@ fslml'l; 'wlllin lio ovlii und.llingg' in il. :incl llolwllfn l :lf3: in n lllc" il., wllioll inlol'xrloll will: lill. lmlJ Musil l .f-zilliul ribs or will i.infl'iloli Slnml nb zglhl, zing'gluif: to llio willow olf lflio .'Ilslpropoli mol oro :iifl'aingnll in allor'- nnln oil? omlol' upon will imloi-1: lli@ nnggsllm po ",on o lin.: wing 1. lo on` :Loln :l jul nl nmor lllro imam: lo loolo llio {lil-lli in ni'ltlim lliilwllon@naoollllnfg lo lin llixoclfon of tlm jot; :anni Llio silonm l1-fl uppllcil llo liolll gilles of ill@ i so :in lo oqnnal ,im klm p'wlsnie onlilio C i nml llios .wonl nnlno www ol" lln pnl-lm. I

4llnch oylinlflo'l cowl is provided willi :in extern-.Ll nlnltnnnl lll,through wlilnli :unl through Clio cove :ma orn'lcfl lnwo slonllnlo;Stounllflnolis '1 -'land 1:1 noch of wliola nlnnla in opposite direcionlo [illu other, so :in 1go omiso alternately zcfmoo i'ololzlon olf lliodisk. A volvo shell lll i5 (.onlieotod by two pipes ll willi llio ducts15 nml by two pipes lli iiilil'l lilo lloclo ll'f. ",llio "nlvo hull isprovilloll willi polls ll lending to lln.; pinos lll., :unl ports 'lbloading; to the pinoli il. 'lllo slwll also lim.; o supply o1' inletpipo ll). 1n tlm slloll litlnl'l :L i'olni'y 'nlvle--plngg ill. whichmay llo lini'nod by n stom. 2l :mul lover.' 22 Alxml lliorcon.

.lo hold tho lovin.' 2:2 in any closil'od pon-i- Lion, it is. soarranged that it eqn-ings into cillici' ono of l'llo notolns 234, :unl.25 ol n, soggnwut 2li, wlxioli muy lie scoured lo oillioy: nml ol bhoslmll, or lli@ colei: 27 or 2 Ll.: ol'oo l".

ln hlm lnoillocl. form shown .in lli 2j. l, llio ijzllvo plug und slloll`nmy Lin unich Shorter lln'm in Figs. und. il, lio :noso llu.: pipes 1l':im unimi in n. nipfilo 28? und. the pillen llfrl :ufo nnilol'l in nnipple nml said two nip' plow muy be lu'l'mfglxl :infilo olmologotlioi', wlillo in Figo. l. :unl Il il wlllf bo suon hnl tlm 'n..lioplug), nino-L limo lwo long gl'oov, llll :mul Illl, :onl wrlfroovl-nlll, which con nom szill Lwo Qz'olofw wlll :i single longllmlinol groom;'n lillfll llio alunni is di lrilmlml (zo llw l :n.nlinpjlo tho lol-hlm.

ln lln: oynrnlion oly lille turbine., when tlm lever l'zl in llief:willi Elli ol" l'lio 'fnll'o plug; lonen ille inlol poil 34 VFrom pinolll, nml, lio lnn'lfin slnnf'ls still.; lloc il' lm lawn: llo plzicorflnl, nolnlx 'vlnr will tions of the first mentioned jets, so as tothereby `reverse die roiation of elle dislneid eyiinder having enexhaust openingoi the used sie/em.

2. )In 2i uibine, the combination with e closed cylinder, of a shagjonrnaled centrally v in the oovefs oi she eyiinder, a disk secured onthe simi-'i Within the eyiindei and having upon its sides radiiw'vingsarranged in zigzag or-alei'neie Orde? et the two sides, seid eyiindei'having en exhaust ope-ning, end in each of eoveie wo oppositely inclinedjet-producing decis for steam o1 similar Loo'mi i agent to diive thediska'a. Valve and e handthe kind t-lim is capable oi directing steam orduid aleinetelyinto JeWol differently located ports, and to close offall passage of the steam when so desired.

In testimony whereof l affix my signaure, in pesenee of two Witnesses.

FERDINAND F. RATHKE. A'/Visneeses HENRY Kennen,

HENRY JOHNSON'.

